Lovely flats in Chelsea shoe factory

This sunny corner unit at the Spencer Lofts in Chelsea has 10 large windows and 15-foot ceilings in a building that used to be a Buster Brown shoe factory. The price of Unit 210 is just $289,000, and that includes two deeded outdoor parking spaces....

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Genesis creates bible on value

If you are in the market for a mid-sized luxury car that is equipped like a Lexus, looks like a BMW and feels like an Audi, with a lower price tag, look no further than the 2015 Hyundai Genesis AWD. At just $52,450 fully loaded, the Genesis delivers...

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Architects eye ‘Allston Esplanade’ with Pike redo

Boston Society of Architects members are promoting an "Allston Esplanade" along the Charles River as an offshoot of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation's planned $260 million Mass Pike Allston interchange realignment. A pair of Boston Society...

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Boston has designs on Huntington

It's home to the Boston Symphony Orchestra, New England Conservatory, Huntington Theatre Co., Northeastern University, Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts College of Art and Design and Wentworth Institute of Technology. And now the Boston Redevelopment...

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Permits Wynn Resort's next battle

Among the mountain of permits Wynn Resorts must secure to capitalize on its casino license in Everett is a risky waterfront development approval that one expert said is prone to delays and appeals from project opponents. Wynn, which has a 3-year construction...

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Asian stocks up as US data boost sentiment

SEOUL, South Korea — Asian stock markets were mostly higher Thursday after a surge in new home sales in the U.S. bolstered sentiment. But gains were limited by worries about Europe's stagnant economy and violence in Iraq and Syria. KEEPING SCORE: Japan...

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Ex-worker sues parenting retailer

A former instructor for a Needham-based prenatal and parenting retailer that abruptly shut down this year is suing the company for allegedly failing to give proper notification to employees and for back pay. Nancy Gair, who worked for Isis Parenting...

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Google X chief touts out-there projects

Google X — the company's top-secret research and design lab — will never immediately reject an idea, Google's "Captain of Moonshots" said yesterday at an emerging technology conference at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "When someone says...

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100 arrested at Wall Street climate crisis sit-in

NEW YORK — A day after over 100,000 people marched to warn that climate change is destroying the Earth, more than 1,000 activists blocked parts of Broadway in Manhattan's financial district in a sit-in to protest what they see as corporate and economic...

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Messaging app seeks to bring voices back to phones

SAN FRANCISCO — Longtime technology guru Ray Ozzie wants to bring back the emotions of the human voice to phones. His mission began more than two years ago as Ozzie noticed people were increasingly communicating through texts, emails and social media...

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NASA's Maven explorer arrives at Mars after a year

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA's Maven spacecraft arrived at Mars late Sunday after a 442 million-mile journey that began nearly a year ago. The robotic explorer fired its brakes and successfully slipped into orbit around the red planet, officials confirmed....

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US firm in China meat scandal lays off 340 staff

BEIJING — A U.S. meat supplier said Monday it is laying off most of the workforce of a Chinese subsidiary accused of selling expired beef and chicken to McDonald's, KFC and other major restaurant chains. Shanghai Husi Food Co. has been under investigation...

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EdTrip’s a field day for teachers

For most students, field trips are something to look forward to as a day away from the classroom and, every so often, as a chance to see for themselves something truly transformative, something they've only heard about in school or read about in books....

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Hyundai Santa Fe’s onetime brake lockup is puzzling

Last week I parallel-parked my 2003 Hyundai Sante Fe. I came out to drive away and went about 3 feet before the car stopped like the brakes had locked up. I went back and forth about 3 feet at least three more times with the same results. I left the...

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